HP Direct-Connect External SAS Storage for HP BladeSystem Solutions Depoyment Guide

HP Smart Array P700m Controller
The HP P700m Controller (P700m) is a PCI-Express SAS Smart Array card that supports external
shared storage for c-Class enclosures. In BladeSystem solutions using the 3Gb SAS BL Switch, one
or more P700m can be installed on each HP ProLiant server blade. (Two are installed on
double-density server blades; one on each server node.)
Key features of P700m offerings:
• Low cost
• Full feature options
• 3Gb SAS connections through the c-Class enclosure high speed mid-plane to the switch
• High availability, with four physical ports, each of which consists of two SAS links (2x), resulting
in 4 (2x) ports.
• High performance, with data bandwidth up to 600 MB/s per port (300 MB/s per SAS link)
• HP Smart Array Server Software, including SmartStart and HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
Two models of the HP P700m Controller are available: the 256 MB cache model is a low-cost
card that satisfies the basic requirements for an HP c-Class external SAS storage solution, and the
512 MB cache model that has enhanced features, including battery backed cache options that
offers additional flexibility.
For more information
Device website: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-adapters.html
BladeSystem Technical Resources website: http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation
Be sure to read the following documents, shipped with the controller and the BladeSystem enclosure:
• HP Smart Array P700m Controller Installation Overview—Includes physical installation
instructions.
• HP BladeSystem c-Class Solution Overview Setup Poster—Provides an overview of the complete
installation process of an HP BladeSystem c-Class solution.
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